15. My spirit was troubled, I Daniel, in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head astonished me.
16. I came near unto one of those that stood by and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made me know the interpretation of the things.
17. These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise in the earth.
18. And they shall take the kingdom of the Holy One who is most High and possess the kingdom until the age and until the age of the ages.
19. Then I had the desire to know the truth regarding the fourth beast, which was so different from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and its nails of brass; which devoured and broke in pieces and trod down that which was left with its feet;
20. also regarding the ten horns that were in its head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; and that same horn had eyes and a mouth that spoke very grand things, whose appearance was greater than his fellows.
21. I saw that this horn made war against the saints and overcame them;
22. until such time as the Elder of great age came, and the judgment was given unto the saints of the most High; and the time came, and the saints possessed the kingdom.
23. Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be a fourth king in earth, which shall be greater than all the other kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.